Kentucky House Bill 155 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-7)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-21 - posted in committee
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030, relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 533.010, relating to probation, to prohibit probation for a person sentenced to life without parole or life without parole for 25 years; amend KRS 640.040, relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses, to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, and 532.100 to conform; repeal various statutes relating to imposition of the death penalty.

AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty.

Rep. Chad McCoy [R]	Rep. Jim Wayne [D]	Rep. George Brown [D]	Rep. Thomas Burch [D]
Rep. Kelly Flood [D]	Rep. Alan Gentry [D]	Rep. Derrick Graham [D]	Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]
Rep. Mary Marzian [D]	Rep. Russ Meyer [D]	Rep. Kimberly Moser [R]	Rep. Jason Nemes [R]
Rep. Darryl Owens [D]	Rep. Melinda Prunty [R]	Rep. Rob Rothenburger [R]	Rep. Arnold Simpson [D]
Rep. Diane St Onge [R]	Rep. Susan Westrom [D]	Rep. Addia Wuchner [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-21	House	posted in committee
2018-01-10	House	to Judiciary (H)
2018-01-08	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB155.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB155/bill.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/18RS/HB155/LM.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/18RS/HB155/CI.pdf